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Leonard Cohen

26/08/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of Leonard Cohen, Bank Holiday Monday August 26th is now up. Follow the link to the review. I thought his 2008 / 2009 shows the best-sounding I’ve heard. He’s improved! Apologies for the fuzzy iPhone picture.

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A Little Hotel On The Side

22/08/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of the classic Feydeau farce A Little Hotel On The Side added … see link for review. An excellent cast … Richard McCabe, Tom Edden, Henry Portal, Richard Wilson, Natalie Walter, Hannah Waddingham… make for a first rate production.

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All’s Well That Ends Well

16/08/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of the RSC’s All’s Well That Ends Well added (see link). Sometimes you drive back from plays wondering if it was worth the effort, then other times, like this, you see a production so brilliant that it justifies the next dozen trips.

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A Mad World My Masters

15/08/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “A Mad World My Masters” (linked) added.

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King Lear

08/08/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of King Lear at Bath Theatre Royal, (LINKED) directed by Lucy Bailey with David Haig as King Lear. It’s never been a favourite play. It still isn’t.

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Summer in February

05/08/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of Summer in February (LINK) added. The film got something of a critical pasting, but a largely positive review can be found at the link.
Dan Stevens, Emma Browning and Dominic Cooper star in this 1913 tale of a love triangle in 1913-1914 Cornwall, based on a true story.

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Simone Felice 27 July 2013

27/07/2013 by Peter Viney

Review of Simone Felice at The Attic, Winchester added to Concert Reviews. This guy gets better every time I see him. Brilliant show.

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Princely names

25/07/2013 by Peter Viney

I’ve now had three enquiries about the name of Prince George. You can read all about it in the papers, but I thought I’d give my view under Princely Names (linked here). It’s in the “Rants” section though it’s not “a rant” … it was the only place to put it without creating a new section.

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